- Reaction score
- 42
optimus prime said:We should start another thread about the pet peeves of language.
I've thought about doing that, too, ever since my first thread on that topic got deleted.
optimus prime said:People here in UK swap 'borrowed' and 'lend'.
'They say, can I lend your pen please.'
Fascinating!!
optimus prime said:They also say,
'That will learn you' instead of, 'That will teach you'
Drives me insane.
That's what was used by Mark Twain in "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn"; his characters were frequently saying things like "That'll learn you!"